Boot and shoe.



No. 884,880. PATENTED APR.'14, 1908.

0'. J. WALKER.

BOOT AND SHOE. APPLIQATION FILED APR. 24, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

AUsTRALiA.

BOOT AND SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed April 24, 1907. Serial No. 370,044.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES JAMES WALKER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Cloverfield, N o. 238 McKean Street, North Fitzroy, near Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia, boot manufacturer, have invented Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to welted boots and shoes, and the object thereof is to provide a l boot or shoe in a manner as hereinafter set forth in which the ordinary inner sole is dispensed with, whereby both material and labor is saved, consequently resulting in a cheaper, lighter and thoroughly durable article; and to this end,.the invention briefly consists in embodying in the boot or shoe a narrow strip of leather, termed a rand, said rand being channeled along both its edges to form a flat base and a pair of lips which are adapted to extend at right angles with respect to the base. The inner side of the base is secured to the last by suitable holdfast devices, while to the lips is stitched in one operation the welt strip and edge of the upper, after which the outer sole is applied in the usual manner.

The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings which comprise;-

Figure 1 a plan showing the rand or strip of leather tingled to the last, Fig. 2 an enlarged transverse section through said rand,-Fig. 3 an enlarged transverse section through a welted boot manufactured according to this invention, and Fig. 4 a plan showing the manner in which the rand may cut out of lengths of leather.

Referring now to these drawings it will be seen that therand or narrow strip of leather 1 is channeled or split along both its edges to form a base 3 and the inner and outer lips 2, 14 respectively, the said lips being bent at right angles with respect to the base. The inner side of the base 3 is secured to the edge l of the last by suitable holdfast devices 4. Said rand may be continued around the whole contour of the last or only along a portion thereof as in Fig. 1 of the drawings and furthermore it may be constituted of two separate pieces 10, 11 joined at the toe of the last as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 in which case the meeting ends of the k pieces would be cut in an opposite oblique direction as at 12, 13 in Fig. 4 so as to form a neat junction.

After the rand is secured around the edge of the last and the heel piece 6 temporarily tacked in position the upper is drawn over the last and tacked to the heel. The welt strip is then placed in position and both the edge 7 of the upper and said welt strip are stitched by stitches 8 to the angularly disposed lips 2, 14 of the rand. The boot or I shoe is then completed by applying the out sole 9 and sewing same to the welt strip 15 after which any suitable filling 17 may be I placed in the cavity within the sides of the rand and a sock secured over said filling.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in whatmanner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is A welted boot or shoe comprising a flexible rand embodying a flat base and a pair of lips angularly disposed with respect to the base,

l a welt surrounding said lips, an upper ex- 1 tending between the welt and one of said lips, and means for securing the welt, upper and lips together, said flexible rand constituting the sole support for the upper and welt whereby an inner sole is dispensed with. I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set i my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

! oHARLEs JAMES WALKER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD WATERS, EDWARD A. WATERS. 

